Persevere

Persevere

I've always said life is a test
and one must try to do their best
but sometimes I want a break
and these issues to forsake.

Not to party nor to be lazy
but just to avoid what's crazy
and to capture some sanity.
I'd ignore tedious urbanity
and concentrate on giving
some quality to my living.

I want a sensible life
without needless ego strife
and with kinship connections
that need few if any corrections.
Only with those true friends
can life with soul make amends.

I value the very few I know
who also really want to grow,
and these are quite rare.
With them I sometime dare...
to be vulnerable and weak
so experience might peak
and spiritual lessons learned.

But such trust must be earned
and most people don't even try.
From them and their world I'd fly
if all this was not the test
of whether I can do my best
despite dementias around me.

But neither is anyone else free.

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